Madame Bianca Castafiore and her parrot resin figurine.

Madame Bianca Castafiore and her parrot resin figurine.

Plastic model of Bianca Castafriore holding her parrot. This resin figurine of Bianca Castafiore is part of a series of beautiful statuettes, designed and manufactured with a keen attention to the original detail in Hergé's drawings.

Madame Bianca Castafiore was introduced to the series in the episode King Ottokar's Sceptre. She is, apparently, the leading opera singer of her time. Although this may be the case, Tintin and the captain despise her singing. Many characters, especially Captain Haddock could not stand her voice and attempts to insult her behind her back, as seen in The Lake of the Sharks.